Summary of Neural Network Diffusion, by Kai Wang et al.
Neural Network Diffusion
by Kai Wang, Dongwen Tang, Boya Zeng, Yida Yin, Zhaopan Xu, Yukun Zhou, Zelin Zang, Trevor Darrell, Zhuang Liu, Yang You
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers demonstrate the potential of diffusion models in generating high-performing neural network parameters. By combining an autoencoder and a diffusion model, they show that these generated parameters can be used to produce neural networks with comparable or improved performance compared to trained networks, at minimal additional cost. The approach uses latent representations extracted from a subset of the trained network parameters and then synthesizes new representations using random noise. The generated models are not simply memorizing the trained ones, and the results encourage further exploration into the versatile use of diffusion models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Diffusion models can generate high-performing neural network parameters by combining an autoencoder with a diffusion model. This approach starts by extracting latent representations from a subset of the trained network parameters using an autoencoder. Then, a diffusion model is used to synthesize new representations from random noise. The generated representations are passed through the autoencoder’s decoder to produce new subsets of high-performing network parameters. The researchers show that this method can generate neural networks with comparable or improved performance compared to trained networks, at minimal additional cost. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Autoencoder * Decoder * Diffusion * Diffusion model * Neural network
